Donte Morales has been named to the MEC All-Conference First Team. Morales, led the Pioneers in scoring this year with 18.4 points per game. He also led GSC in rebounding averaging 5.3 rebounds per game.

Bridgeport, W.Va. – West Liberty’s Seger Bonifant is the 2015 Mountain East Conference Player of the Year, Wheeling Jesuit’s Pat Moseh is the Freshman of the Year, and Concord’s Kent McBride is the league’s Coach of the Year.

Bonifant, a junior from Berlin, Ohio, helped lead WLU to a second-straight MEC regular season title by averaging a league-best 24.1 points per game. He is sixth in the country in scoring, and leads the nation in three-point field goal percentage knocking down 53 percent of his shots from behind the arc while making 3.9 threes per game. He’s reached double figures in scoring in all 27 games this season for the fourth-ranked Hilltoppers.

Moseh, a freshman from Springfield, Va., led all MEC freshmen in scoring averaging 13.7 points per game to go with five rebounds per game for the Cardinals. He finished the season strong for WJU scoring in double figures in nine of his last 10 games and averaging 17.3 points during that stretch.

Picked to finish 10th in the MEC preseason poll, McBride guided Concord to a 20-8 record and a third-place finish in the Mountain East Conference in 2015. The 20 wins this season are the most in his four years as the Mountain Lions head coach, and the first 20-win season at CU in over a decade.

In addition to the individual awards, the league also announced 2014-15 all-conference teams. Joining Bonifant on the first team were repeat selections Eric Siefert (Wheeling Jesuit) and Lawrence DeArmond (Notre Dame). Concord’s Mike Boyd and Aaron Miller, along with Nick Harney (Fairmont State), Tanner McGrew (West Virginia Wesleyan) and Donte Morales (Glenville State) also earned first team recognition.

Tate, a senior from Forestville, Maryland, led the Lady Pioneers in scoring with 18.2 points per game and also led Glenville State in rebounding with 7.5 per game.

Bridgeport, W.Va. – Notre Dame College’s Martha Nagbe is the 2015 Mountain East Conference Player of the Year, West Virginia Wesleyan’s Mari Stewart is the Freshman of the Year, and Shepherd’s Jenna Eckleberry is the league’s Coach of the Year.

Nagbe, a junior guard from Lakewood, Ohio, is ranked in the top 10 in the MEC in eight different categories. She is third in the conference in scoring with 18.1 points per game, and is also seventh in the league in assists averaging 3.15 per contest. Nagbe also excelled on defense coming up with 53 steals — fourth most in the MEC.

Stewart, a freshman from Templeton, Calif., led all MEC freshmen in scoring and rebounding for the Bobcats averaging 17.1 and 7.8, respectively. Those figures also ranked in the top 10 among all players in the league. She recorded eight double-doubles on the year and had the second-most points in a game in the league this year with 37 against West Liberty.

Eckleberry, in just her first year at Shepherd, orchestrated a dramatic turnaround to claim Coach of the Year honors. She took over a program that had just four wins a season ago and guided it to a 20-8 overall record and a share of the 2015 regular season conference title.

In addition to the individual awards, the league also announced 2014-15 all-conference teams. Nagbe, Hailey Garrett (Fairmont State) and Liz Flowers earn first team honors for the second-consecutive year. Jaila Bryant (WJU), Blair Harding (UVa-Wise), Kailee Howe (West Liberty), Nichole Perry (Charleston) and Keyanna Tate (Glenville State) round out the first team.

Three schools had two players on the second team including Concord (Rachel Artrip and Jacqueline Kestner), Fairmont State (Hallie Gunnoe and Emily Lohr) and Shepherd (Rachel Johnson and Cara Mason). Breanna Butler (Wheeling Jesuit) and Monet Saunders (Charleston) also earned second team recognition.

Senior guard Donte Morales scored 13 points in the win over the Bobcats

Glenville, W.Va. – The Glenville State Pioneers forced West Virginia Wesleyan into 17 turnovers and had three players score in double figures as they defeated the Bobcats on Senior Day by 26 points.

The Pioneers and Bobcats would go back and fourth early however Glenville State would take a three point lead over West Virginia Wesleyan, 12-9, at the 12:45 minute mark of the first half. West Virginia Wesleyan would come back and tie the game up at 22 all 6:20 left till halftime.

However Glenville State would end the half on a 17-3 run as the Pioneers took a 15 point lead over the Bobcats, 40-25.

In the second half the Pioneers would keep there foot on the pedal and cruise to a 26 point victory, 75-49.

There were three ties in the game, all coming in the first half. The Pioneers would lead the entire game.

Glenville State caused 17 turnovers and scored 31 points off of them. The Pioneers bench outscored the Bobcats bench 29 to 11.

Glenville State was led by senior Reggie Williams as he scored a game high 14 points and handed out a team high four assists. Fellow senior guard Donte Morales chipped in with 13 points while Sedric Nady scored 10 points.

Pioneers senior center Ed Newell scored a career high nine points in the win.

West Virginia Wesleyan had two players score in double figures led by Tanner McGrew scoring 12 points while Austin Shell chipped in with 11 points.

Glenville State (18-10, 14-8) will host UVa –Wise on Tuesday, March 3rd at the Waco Center in the first round of the MEC Conference Tournament. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.

Briana Smythe scored 14 points and grabbed a team high seven rebounds in the win over West Virginia Wesleyan

Glenville, W.Va. – Glenville State freshman guard Kayla Tibbs scored a game high 25 points as she hit five three-pointers as the Lady Pioneers rolled over West Virginia Wesleyan on Senior Day by 49 points, 104-55.

The Lady Pioneers would get off to a slow start as they held a one point lead over West Virginia Wesleyan, 12-11, with 14:11 left till halftime.

After that Glenville State would go on a run and take 15 point lead, 34-19, at the 6:33 minute mark. The Lady Pioneers would cruise into halftime up by 31 points, 58-27.

In the second half it would be all Glenville State as the Lady Pioneers were firing on all cylinders as they went on to win, 104-55.

There were only two ties in the game, also the Lady Pioneers never trailed in the game.

The Lady Pioneers defense caused 27 turnovers and converted them into 36 points. Glenville State also won the rebounding battle as they outrebounded West Virginia Wesleyan by one, 41-40.

Glenville State shot 51 percent from the floor and 38 percent from behind the three-point line while West Virginia Wesleyan shot only 36 percent from the floor and 28 percent from behind the three-point line.

The Lady Pioneers had five players score in double figures with Kayla Tibbs scoring a game high 25 points. Senior Keyanna Tate scored 16 points while fellow senior Briana Smythe scored 14 points and grabbed a team high seven rebounds.

Freshman Juile Bishop chipped in with 12 points, hitting four three-pointers in the game, while freshman Tayana Stewart chipped in with 10 points, a career high for Stewart.

Senior Katrina Salins dished out a game high six assists.

West Virginia Wesleyan was led by Alexa Mortenson as she scored 17 points while Mari Stewart finished with a double-double scoring 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.

The Glenville State Lady Pioneers (14-12, 12-10) will host West Virginia State on Tuesday, March 3rd in the first round of the MEC Conference Tournament at the Waco Center. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.

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Percussion Ensemble members, under the direction of Professor John McKinney, practice for their upcoming concerts.

GLENVILLE, WV—Tickets for the annual Glenville State College Percussion Ensemble will go on sale on Monday, March 2nd. Concerts will be held on Thursday, March 26th and Friday, March 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the GSC Fine Arts Center Auditorium.

GSC student tickets are free for the March 26th performance and $12 for the March 27th showing. Tickets for other students are $15 and the price for general admission is $20. For more information or to reserve tickets, contact the GSC Fine Arts Department at (304) 462-6340.

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GLENVILLE, WV—Future Pioneers are invited on Saturday, March 21st from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. to participate in the upcoming Glenville State College Spring Open House in the Mollohan Campus Community Center.

The open house will begin with check in from 8:30 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. followed by a meet and greet with college staff and students until 10:00 a.m. Campus tours will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. with an academic department fair taking place afterward until 12:00 p.m. The day will wrap up with a free lunch in Mollohan’s Restaurant at noon and tours of GSC’s new Waco Center beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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GLENVILLE, WV – You are invited to join artists Honnie and Art Wagner in a Gallery Talk on Monday, March 2nd from 10:00-11:00 a.m. in the Spears Gallery in the Glenville State College Fine Arts Center.

The pair will talk about the works of three generations within one immigrant family of realist painters and their visual journey as a metaphor for the multigenerational immigrant experience in West Virginia. These works are currently on display in the gallery show, ‘Three Generations of Asturian-American Painters.’

The exhibit includes pieces by Art, his mother Honnie Wagner, and his grandfather Emilio Fernández Alvarez for a dynamic show that encompasses around 100 years of culture and history in West Virginia’s Asturian communities that got their start in the early 1900s.

Emilio Fernández Alvarez, Honnie A. Wagner, and Art Z. Wagner

Honnie is a retired school teacher who enjoys painting picturesque Spanish scenes. She learned clay and molded sculpture from her father as a child and majored in art at West Virginia University, but suspended her artistic activity when she became a mother. In 1977 she visited her family in Asturias for the first time, meeting cousins, aunts, and uncles she had never known. She was charmed and fascinated by the traditional urban and rural lifestyles of her family in Asturias. Her paintings reflect images captured on film during visits to her ancestral home.

Art is a clinical social worker. As a child, Art played with his mother and grandfather’s art supplies, explored their books, and absorbed their art, which was displayed in the home. As a young studio artist, Art lived in Spain for two years, visiting his mother’s Asturian family on holidays. He later studied Asturian culture for three summers in the Asturian capital, Oviedo, in order to learn more about the culture his maternal grandparents left behind. These childhood and adult experiences led to his focus on the psychological, relational, and spiritual aspects of añoranza, or longing, through images of the human figure and landscape.

The show is open to the public and will run until Friday, March 6th. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and one hour before all GSC Fine Arts events.

For more information, contact Brenner at Liza.Brenner@glenville.edu or (304) 462-6346.